FIVE senior artists from Tjungu Palya art centre in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of SA have been painting not just “in” country but directly “on to” country.

The artists’ work, which is considered both timeless and transient, has been captured for posterity in a series of six, large-format photographs now on show at the National Museum of Australia in an exhibition titled “Painting on Country”, which also includes 26 photographs of the artists at work, shown in a limited-edition book.

The images, more than two metres in width, are on loan to the NMA from art collectors Christina and Trevor Kennedy. They have previously been shown at the 2017 Tarranathi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, but this is the first time they have been exhibited outside SA.

One of the five artists, Keith Stevens has said: “A long time ago when we were young, our fathers and their fathers made drawings on rock to teach people, but this is the first time we have done those drawings.”

He said he and the other artists had wanted the photographs of their work to be large because “where we did the painting was on really large rocks inside big landscape”.

Some of the places chosen to paint on were Dreaming sites and each trip involved senior artists mentoring emerging artists, and grandchildren assisting their elders.

Artist Marika Baker painting.

Mr Kennedy was in Canberra late last week (March 14) for the exhibition opening, also attended by senior Tjungu Palya artist Marika Baker and her daughter Sharon.

Museum director Mathew Trinca said it was a privilege to live in a country that was “so storied,” saying that this show, and its predecessor, the blockbuster, “Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters”, was a case of “bringing great stories together.“
Trinca introduced Mrs Kennedy, who told those present that that her interest had begun with an invitation from the Kimberley Foundation to view rock art while visiting the APY lands. She was astonished to see images on a computer of rock art which had been painted directly on to landscapes as “something temporary, to teach the children and to showcase the beautiful country”.

Christina Kennedy at the opening.

“I never saw them hanging together, but I knew they had to be put in a public space,” she said. Luckily her husband was happy to purchase the photographs as a 50th wedding anniversary present and the rest is history.

She hinted that she and Mr Kennedy were also engaging with the museum regarding the possible accessioning of works in their collection.

The exhibition’s curator and head of the Indigenous Knowledges Centre at the museum, Margo Neale, said the photographs as exhibited in the museum were “allowed to sing“.
People had “signed” the land, she explained, yet the paintings, especially those created in white ochre, would wash off in the first rains.

“Painting on Country”, National Museum of Australia, until September 29.

]]>https://citynews.com.au/2019/on-country-painting-captured-in-photographs/feed/0181153Leading professor says music moves mindshttps://citynews.com.au/2019/leading-professor-says-music-moves-minds/
https://citynews.com.au/2019/leading-professor-says-music-moves-minds/#respondWed, 13 Mar 2019 04:31:35 +0000https://citynews.com.au/?p=180961A leading world authority on music and neurophysiology is coming to the ANU School of Music this week, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.

A LEADING world authority on music and neurophysiology is coming to the ANU School of Music this week.

Neurologist and flautist, Prof Eckart Altenmüller is head of the Department of Music-physiology and Musicians’ Medicine at the University for Music and Theater in Hannover, Germany. A world authority in the area of “music and the mind”, his research focuses on the brain’s processing of music and motor learning in musicians.

Prof Altenmüller is in Canberra as a result of a successful application by woodwind lecturer and flautist Sally Walker, an ANU grant-winner.

He has consistently argued that music induces powerful adaptations of the brain in terms of increased neural wiring, enlargement of critical areas and improvement of memory functions, with specific uses in rehabilitation for stroke and Parkinson’s patients.

He believes that in dementia patients, music can restore biographical memories and he also sees choir singing as a mean to directly improve the immune system.

Prof Altenmüller will give a public presentation on “why music moves us”, but he is also an accomplished flautist, so in the same session, titled “Apollo’s Gift: Music and the Mind”, he will join flautist Sally Walker and pianist Natalia Tkachenko in a recital of Baroque works and a “Music and the Mind” related work by Elena Kats-Chernin.

Composer Cyrus Meurant will also be on hand to perform two movements from his work “Monday to Friday”, which featured Walker and has been nominated for “Innovation of the Year – Dementia Solution” at the Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards.

Eckart Altenmüller sessions open to the public: “Healthy Practising: how modern brain sciences contribute”, Kingsland Room, ANU School of Music, 3.30pm-5pm, Thursday, March 14; “Apollo’s Gift: Music and the Mind”, Larry Sitksy Recital Room, 7pm-8pm, Tuesday, March 19. Registrations for both sessions to music.cass.anu.edu.au

]]>https://citynews.com.au/2019/leading-professor-says-music-moves-minds/feed/0180961Arts / ‘Explosive’ art event brings people togetherhttps://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-explosive-art-event-brings-people-together/
https://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-explosive-art-event-brings-people-together/#respondThu, 07 Mar 2019 04:44:49 +0000https://citynews.com.au/?p=180567“DO you wanna dance and hold my hand?” members of the Australian Dance Party were asking a large crowd outside the Nishi Hotel today (March 7) as they mounted a pink-painted repurposed 14-tonne military truck, which the festival Art Not Apart renamed the “Soul Defender”. The answer from those gathered for the occasion was a […]

“DO you wanna dance and hold my hand?” members of the Australian Dance Party were asking a large crowd outside the Nishi Hotel today (March 7) as they mounted a pink-painted repurposed 14-tonne military truck, which the festival Art Not Apart renamed the “Soul Defender”.

The answer from those gathered for the occasion was a resounding: “Yes”!

Explaining, “what we have to do to stay relevant“, producer David Caffery introduced the day-long festival of art, music, film, theatre, wine and food that takes place in NewActon precinct every autumn, based on one simple idea – “this is art, no-one’s apart”.

Caffery explained that as the ACT’s face was changing dramatically, the festival had moved from its humble beginnings to become “an injection of soul – a landmark for Canberra”.

In short, Caffery promised, Art Not Apart, would be “a coherent and explosive event”.

Caffery also spoke of an initiative in which they had taken some of their music to 150 young children, only to be criticised by one observer for making too much noise.

“People had better get used to a bit of noise for children, otherwise they’re going to get passive,” Caffery said.

Performance art curator Chenoeh Miller praised the Molonglo Group who had supported the festival, for saying – “yeah, let’s try it” – to crazy ideas. 95 per cent of the performance work would be brand-new, she said, and by locals.

Street art curator Byrd described his selection of 100 metres of works for the “The Artery” along Edinburgh Avenue as “a good mix” which would include a contingent of artists from the south coast.

Program coordinator Tegan Garnett, representing visual art curator Chloe Mandryk, said that there had been more visual arts applications than ever before, all but one of them from Canberra. Highlights, she said, would be “Soul and Mortar” in Nishi Gallery, “Outside In” in the ANCA Art Bus, and “Façade” in the apartments on Kendall Lane.

“Clown Lung'” by Oliver Levi Malouf. Photo: Levi Malouf.

Film and moving image curator Sam Dignand, outlined the problems of curating moving image elements for a daytime festival, but said that QT Canberra and The Molonglo Group had come to the party by offering him a “beautiful precinct” for the video installations, films like “Clown Lung” by former Canberran Oliver Levi-Malouf and other works which he predicted would be “discombobulating”.

Chief Minister Andrew Barr… at the launch

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr told those present: “Canberra has been changing over my adult life me just important that we continue down this path, doing confronting work and taking a few risks.”

Music curator Michael Liu said there would be three performance stages this year. As well, ther would be a twist on Mozart in Canberra Opera’s “The Prime Ministerial Impresario” by Canberra Opera and music By Toby Cole’s Handel in The Theatre, performed the gospel number, “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning” on the Nishi stairs.

Ninth “Art, Not Apart”, NewActon, Shine Dome, National Film and Sound Archive and QT Canberra, 1pm-7pm, Saturday, March 16, followed by an after-party. Details at artnotapart.com

]]>https://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-explosive-art-event-brings-people-together/feed/0180567Arts / Renowned calligrapher comes to the Arboretumhttps://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-renowned-calligrapher-comes-to-the-arboretum/
https://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-renowned-calligrapher-comes-to-the-arboretum/#respondThu, 07 Mar 2019 00:26:28 +0000https://citynews.com.au/?p=180512CELEBRATED Japanese calligrapher Tairiku Teshima is in town to exhibit his works at the National Arboretum. Organised by the International Art Foundation and sponsored by the Embassy of Japan, the exhibition, “One”, showcases a modern form of symbolic calligraphy called shõsho – a dynamic modern art that uses limited characters and brushstrokes. Tenth eight ink […]

]]>CELEBRATED Japanese calligrapher Tairiku Teshima is in town to exhibit his works at the National Arboretum.Tairiku Teshima

Organised by the International Art Foundation and sponsored by the Embassy of Japan, the exhibition, “One”, showcases a modern form of symbolic calligraphy called shõsho – a dynamic modern art that uses limited characters and brushstrokes.

Tenth eight ink on paper works reflecting nature, creation and beauty, will be displayed alongside bonsai and the season will include calligraphy workshops.

“I believe that, in essence, calligraphy can be as diverse as people are,” the artist says.

Born in busy Shibuya, Tokyo, Teshima is the son of a traditional Japanese calligrapher but has established his own contemporary style. He is now a visiting professor at the College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University, director of the Japan Calligraphy Technical School, and president of the Ho-unkai Calligraphy Association.

A work by Tairiku Teshima

In 2009, he received the Princess Takamado Prize, awarded to artists who promote exchange and dialogue between cultures by calligraphy and in 2016 the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation Prize.

He has exhibited in Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. As well as Shanghai, New York, London and Paris, where he was presented with the Médaille du Rayonnement Culturel by the Renaissance Française.

“One”, calligraphy works by Tairiku Teshima, Village Centre, National Arboretum, March 8-31. Official launch, 3pm-4pm, March 9. All welcome.

]]>“Walk-Out into the Solar System”… a staged event protesting coal mining in the Galilee Basin, QLD.

ARTIST John Reid and curator Ngaio Fitzpatrick are staging a concluding event to the “Gaia Hypothesis” exhibition with “Walk-Out into the Solar System”, a group, one-minute, 1800 kilometre journey relative to the Sun in protest at the mining of coal in the Galilee Basin, Queensland. At Belconnen Arts Centre, Emu Bank, Belconnen, 3pm-4pm, Sunday, March 10, registrations to john.reid@anu.edu.au (subject heading “Solar Walkout”) by Friday, March 8. The Walk-Out will be photographically documented as an artwork and for media distribution.

THE Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House is creating a collaborative, all-ages artwork that gives people the opportunity to express opinions and political ideas to a soundtrack of protest songs in King’s Hall. For MoAD’s “33 Revolutions”, visitors are encouraged to decorate a vinyl record and contribute to the artwork taking shape in King’s Hall. Open for visitor participation at Old Parliament House, 6.30pm-11pm, Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9. All welcome.

“Belco Owl”… by Jessica Cameron

THE “Our Village” exhibition is a mixed media celebration of community by Shirley Campbell, Jessica Cameron and Sherene Suchy. It’s showing as a prelude to Neighbour Day on March 31. The show will be opened by Alison Brook, from Relationships Australia ACT & Region, at Belconnen Community Gallery in Belconnen Community Centre, Swanson Court, 5.30pm, Thursday March 7. The show then continues from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday until March 14.

FABRIC artist Sharon Peoples, has been exploring the gardens of the Tuggeranong suburbs in a residency at Tuggeranong Arts Centre, where she invited members of the public to attend workshops and to contribute work to be exhibited in “Tuggeranong Gardens”, opening at the Arts Centre, 6pm, this Friday, March 8. All welcome. The exhibition continues until Saturday, March 30.

“Night Ethereality” by Marilyn Hutchinson.

MARILYN Hutchinson was a finalist in the Sulman Prize in 2012. She met Melbourne artist Steffie Wallace when they were exhibiting in the Florence Biennale in 2015, then again last May when they were at the “Water for Life” exhibition at Niagara Falls Museum and Gallery. Together they are now exhibiting under the title “Clouds: Ethereal Splendour Above” at Strathnairn Arts Homestead, 90 Stockdill Drive, Holt, March 7, with an official opening by Terence Maloon, director of the Drill Hall Gallery, at 2pm, on March 16. All welcome. The exhibition continues until March 31.

QUEANBEYAN Arts Society is exhibiting its “Abstract/Abstraction & Sculptures” show daily at the Queanbeyan Art Society Gallery, 6 Trinculo Place, Queanbeyan, under the bridge on the river bank.

A work by Cathy Franzi in “Coastal: Botanical”.

KAREN O’Clery’s Narek Gallery at Bermagui will be open all Canberra Day long weekend, showing “Coastal: Botanical”, new ceramics by Cathy Franzi. Drinks with the artist, 5/3 Wapengo Street, Bermagui, 5pm Saturday, March 9. All welcome. The show then continues until April 27 (open all Easter).

THE NGA’s Sculpture Garden and Restaurant will come alive to “ Foggy wake in a desert: An ecosphere by Fujiko Nakaya”, from 3pm-4pm, this Saturday, March 9, then from 4pm–4.30pm, Australian-Japanese new media artist and musician, Benjamin Skepper, will record Fujiko’s heartbeat to form part of the original soundscape to be presented live for electronics and electric cello.

“Giskard Falling” by Brian McNamara

“THE Philosophy of Time Travel” is an immersive exhibition of soundart installations by Brian McNamara in which he has designed and built soundart works in a small workspace using a 3D printer, programming platforms and hand soldering materials. Canberra Contemporary Art Space, 19 Furneaux Street, Manuka, 11am-5pm, Friday to Sunday, until March 3.

THE Loud and Luminous project, dedicated to helping and inspiring women photographic artists and photographers is holding an International Women’s Day Symposium at the ANU School of Art and Design at the first floor theatre, 2 Childers Street, Acton, 8.30am-5.30pm, Friday, March 8. Tickets purchased will raise funds for five selected artists to create new work for an exhibition at Photoaccess, in 2020. Bookings to eventbrite.com.au

]]>https://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-around-the-galleries-46/feed/0180368Arts / Local sculptors (and their work) head to Perth’s seahttps://citynews.com.au/2019/__trashed-11/
https://citynews.com.au/2019/__trashed-11/#respondTue, 05 Mar 2019 02:57:04 +0000https://citynews.com.au/?p=180404MURRUMBATEMAN sculptors Michael Le Grand and Stephen Harrison are among the many artists who’ve made the trek across the Nullarbor to exhibit in the 15th annual “Sculpture by the Sea” at Cottesloe Beach, Perth. The exhibition is featured from the sea wall all the way along the sand towards North Cottesloe and on surrounding grassed […]

MURRUMBATEMAN sculptors Michael Le Grand and Stephen Harrison are among the many artists who’ve made the trek across the Nullarbor to exhibit in the 15th annual “Sculpture by the Sea” at Cottesloe Beach, Perth.

The exhibition is featured from the sea wall all the way along the sand towards North Cottesloe and on surrounding grassed areas, creating a sculpture park for the duration of the event.

A mirror-image of the springtime Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi, the outdoor exhibition this year attracted 71 artists from 17 countries, including Australia.

Canberra/Queanbeyan artist Philip Spelman, who exhibited last year, was on the curatorial panel.

Like its counterpart in Bondi, the emphasis at Cottesloe is usually on site-appropriate works befitting the marine environment.

Harrison’s outdoor lighthouse-inspired work, “The vague but slightly illuminated eye of perception”, made of concrete, steel, bronze, solar light, shot as the sun was starting to sink beneath the waters of the Indian Ocean.

Rima Zabaneh and Berenice Rarig from WA for “Pods”. Photo: Clyde Yee

So far this year the accolades have gone to WA artists, with Miik Green taking out the $10,000 Alcoa Aluminium Sculpture Award for his work, “Thicket 018”, and the Western Australian Sculptor Scholarship of $10,000, going to Rima Zabaneh and Berenice Rarig from WA for “Pods”. The scholarship for travel, study and the advancement of the artist’s career includes an invitation to exhibit in Sculpture by the Sea in Bondi and all WA artistsexhibiting were eligible.

JAKTMAN Australian Contemporary Art Gallery is presenting a pop up exhibition of Mornington Island Aboriginal art exhibition at EPIC over the weekend.

Established in 2005, “Mornington Island Art” is a thriving Aboriginal art centre located on Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

The energy and activity within the centre (and possibly the isolation from mainland influences) results in work characterised by a vivid and colourful palette as well as semi-abstract and abstract lines, shapes and forms.

Emerging artists exhibited by the centre include Kaye Bush, Johnny Williams, Amy Loogatha and Dorothy Gabori. But the forerunner of this movement was Sally Gabori (Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda).

]]>https://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-aboriginal-art-thrives-at-epic-this-weekend/feed/0180155Arts / Penelope’s poems shortlisted for big awardhttps://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-penelopes-poems-shortlisted-for-big-award/
https://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-penelopes-poems-shortlisted-for-big-award/#respondThu, 28 Feb 2019 04:18:59 +0000https://citynews.com.au/?p=180129CANBERRA poet Penelope Layland has been shortlisted for the $30,000 Kenneth Slessor Prize for 2019 for her latest collection, “Things I’ve Thought To Tell You Since I Saw You Last”, published by the local Recent Works Press. The Slessor Prize is awarded annually as part of the NSW’s Premier’s Literary Awards, and judges commented: “Some […]

]]>CANBERRA poet Penelope Layland has been shortlisted for the $30,000 Kenneth Slessor Prize for 2019 for her latest collection, “Things I’ve Thought To Tell You Since I Saw You Last”, published by the local Recent Works Press.

The Slessor Prize is awarded annually as part of the NSW’s Premier’s Literary Awards, and judges commented:

“Some collections have a resonance well beyond the turning of the last page. Layland’s is one of these books. This understatedly slim volume of elegiac poems punches well above its weight in count of words — sensitively and insightfully dealing with the riddling intimacies of grief…. This book is a triumph of discernment and understanding.”

The winner will be announced in Sydney on April 29.

Meantime the “Australian Book Review” magazine tells “CityNews” that ACT poet John Foulcher is on the shortlist for the $8500 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, for which 900 poems were received.

Foulcher has written eleven books of poetry, most recently 101 Poems (Pitt Street Poetry, 2015), a selection from his previous books, and A Casual Penance (Pitt Street Poetry, 2017).

The winner will be announced in Melbourne on March 18. After readings from the work of Peter Porter by colleagues and admirers of the late poet, the shortlisted poets will introduce and read their poems.

]]>https://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-penelopes-poems-shortlisted-for-big-award/feed/0180129Arts / Free Rain takes on hit musicalhttps://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-free-rain-takes-on-hit-musical/
https://citynews.com.au/2019/arts-free-rain-takes-on-hit-musical/#respondThu, 28 Feb 2019 04:08:06 +0000https://citynews.com.au/?p=180101FIVE fairly flat-chested “angels” were to be seen on the stage of The Q, Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, this morning (February 28) sashaying to the Cyndi Lauper tune, “Raise You Up”, as Free Rain Theatre unveiled its coming July production of the hit musical, “Kinky Boots”. In the show the angels are an over-the-top line […]

FIVE fairly flat-chested “angels” were to be seen on the stage of The Q, Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, this morning (February 28) sashaying to the Cyndi Lauper tune, “Raise You Up”, as Free Rain Theatre unveiled its coming July production of the hit musical, “Kinky Boots”.

In the show the angels are an over-the-top line up of drag queens, ubiquitous in the show, who strut their stuff as the story of Charlie Price unfolds.

Kinky boots from House of Priscilla

Charlie, who inherits his family’s failing show factory, is saved when he meets the outrageously confident transvestite, “Lola”, who shows him the way to success – he turns the business around by producing erotic shoe wear or “kinky boots”, and he gets his girl.

There’s weren’t too many actual kinky boots to be seen this morning but one of the angels, played by the inexplicably-bearded David Santolin, was wearing a shiny patent leather pair accessed from House of Priscilla in Darlinghurst, Sydney.

Associate director and choreographer Michelle Heine, whose work on “42nd Street“ drew the crowds in last year for Free Rain, told “CityNews” it’s a whole new ballgame

“I’m going to have to teach the team how to dance and walk – feminine style, that is,” she said.

“I love the Cyndi Lauper music and I’m playing it in my car as ideas are stewing.”

She’d had just three hours to whip the dancing angels into shape for today’s launch and luckily, was able to dip into the capacious wardrobe of her business “Legs Dance” for the tinsel and glitter on show at The Q this morning.

Happily, Heine knows where to buy more kinky boots.

“I have a supplier in Bangkok with a big lady-boy clientele,” she said.

As for Santolin and his beard, MC Ian McLean was on hand to explain that he was in the last stages of production for another dancing role in “The Full Monty”, and that did require a beard.

“MUSIC by the River” is a free concert of orchestral classics including Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro Overture”, Handel’s “Queen of Sheba” from “Solomon” and Mendelssohn’s “The Hebrides”, performed by the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, in the Queen Elizabeth II Park on the banks of the Queanbeyan River, 6pm, Saturday, March 2. All welcome.

PADMA Menon presents a dance and lecture called “Indian Dance, the Agama Traditions and Direct Experience as Knowledge”, for the Canberra Jung Society, MacKillop Centre, 50 Archibald Street, Lyneham, 8pm, Friday, March 1. Bookings to canberrajungsociety.org.au or at the door.

Rufus Wainwright

ONE of the top male vocalists and songwriters of his generation, Rufus Wainwright, brings his “All These Poses” show to Canberra, with experimental jazz-pop artist Rachel Eckroth supporting. The Playhouse, 8pm this Thursday February 28, Bookings to canberraticketing.com.au or 6275 2700.

THE Ntaria Choir, from Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, will be a highlight of the 2019 Canberra International Music Festival in May and the documentary following them as they take their Arrernte-language Bach chorales from the Central Desert to Germany and back. “The Song Keepers” will be screening at the National Film and Sound Archive, 4.45pm, Saturday, March 2. Bookings to cimf.org.au

THE Manhattan Transfer will be performing hits such as “Birdland”, “Route 66” and “The Boy from New York City” at Canberra Southern Cross Club, Woden, Friday, March 1. Bookings to cscc.com.au or 6283 7200.

COOMA author Rowena Evans, is launching her young adult novel (for readers from 12 to adult) “Switch”, at Snowy Monaro Regional Library, Vale Street, Cooma, 11.30am, Saturday, March 2. All welcome. The book continues the adventures of characters Ivan, Cassie, Reenie, Wilfred and Cal in Cooma, the Monaro and Canberra.

THE Song Company presents “Treble Helix Unlocked”, featuring the original musical notation of the 500-year-old Eton Choirbook. At Wesley Uniting Church, 7.30pm, Friday, March 1. Bookings to the.song.company

FOR three nights Haig Park will be transformed into a giant outdoor cinema for the inaugural “Haig Park Pickture Festival”, directed by Yanni Pounartzis and Alice Taylor. Billed as “more fun than highbrow”, it will have three cinema screens showing “retro-fun classics” like Woody Allen’s “Purple Rose of Cairo”, Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” and Tim Burton’s “Edward Scissorhands”. March 1-3. Bookings to eventbrite.com.au

PIANIST Kathryn Selby’s Selby & Friends first concert for 2019 will be at Llewellyn Hall, 7.30pm Thursday, February 28. Bookings to selbyandfriends.com.au

IRISH-Australian actor Christopher Samuel Carroll is performing his one man show “Icarus”, a modern story about an ordinary man whose life is thrown into turmoil and he looks for a means of escape, at The Street Theatre, until March 3. Bookings to thestreet.org.au or 6247 1223.

THE five-piece Alma Orquestra plans to transport Smith’s to Lisbon with Fado and folkloric songs of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as music from Portuguese-speaking nations of Cape Verde, Angola and Brazil. At Smith’s Alternative, 76 Alinga Street, Civic, 3.30pm Sunday, March 3. Bookings to smithsalternative.com

THE National Film & Sound Archive of Australia’s “Vinyl Lounge” is where vinyl lovers can bring their favourite records and share music stories. At NFSA Theatrette, 5.30pm-7pm, Friday, March 1. All welcome.

Darren Coggan

DARREN Coggan’s new show “Like a Rhinestone Cowboy – The Best of Glen Campbell” is coming to The Q, Queanbeyan, 2pm, Saturday March 2. Bookings to theq.net.au or 6285 6290.

“UP-OPPING@LIMESTONE” is billed by its organisers as “so much more than an op shop” and “a really great place to hang out”, with musical entertainment and things to buy. 82 Limestone Avenue, Ainslie, 10am to 2pm. All welcome.

VICTORIAN muso Shane Howard, famous for songs like “Let the Franklin Flow”, will be in Braidwood with his trio to perform numbers from his 13th album, “Deeper South”. At National Theatre in Braidwood, 7.30pm, Friday, March 1. Bookings to circlemusic.iwannaticket.com.au

MARGARET Wright’s National Eight Foot Pitch Recorder Orchestra for the larger and deeper recorders will see more than 57 recorder players here for NEFPRO ’19, Hall 1, Woden Seniors Club, Corinna Street, Phillip, from 10am to 4pm, Sunday, March 3. Bookings and details to u3acanberra.org.au

THE first session of Poetry at Manning Clark House will feature Canberra poets Kathy Kituai and John Foulcher, 11 Tasmania Circuit, Forrest, 7pm for 7.30pm, Thursday, February 28. Tickets at door.

Pianist Lucus Allerton. Photo: Peter Hislop

ANU Honours graduate in piano, Lucus Allerton, is taking a look into childhood in a concert for grownups, built around Robert Schumann’s “Scenes from Childhood”, Wesley Music Centre, Forrest, 3.30pm, Sunday,March 3. Bookings to trybooking.com

LIMESTONE Consort are performing a concert of trio sonatas this Sunday, 2pm, at St Paul’s, Manuka. Exit by donation.